More than 2 million short cigarettes without a sticker were seized by the employees of the BOP sector and the ODMVR in Blagoevgrad, reported the press center of the Ministry of the Interior.

The specialized police operation was conducted on the territory of the Blagoevgrad region and in the capital on December 9.

The actions were carried out jointly by employees of the BOP - Blagoevgrad sector at the GDBOP and the "Criminal Crime Counteraction" sector at the ODMVR - Blagoevgrad.

They detained 3,000 packs of cigarettes without a label on the Danube bridge in Vidin

In the course of the investigation, within the framework of the special operation , the following

were found and seized: 2,019,200 cigarettes without a Bulgarian excise label;

5 grams of a white powdery substance that reacts to cocaine in a field drug test;

BGN 83,780 and EUR 3,360;

4 mobile devices with SIM cards;

Mercedes passenger car and Iveco truck. 

Two residents of Blagoevgrad have been arrested

and charged by the prosecutor's office.

They have been placed under permanent remand "detention". 

cigarettes without a wrapper

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Blagoevgrad